briefing where john kirby announced that lloyd austin has ordered a range of active duty military units here in the united states to be placed on heightened to deploy order if activated to support nato s response force. the troops and their families are told that they could be called up in a matter of days. the numbers of forces that the secretary has placed on heightened alert has come up to 8,500 personnel. the troops would be under general todd walters. if requests, the nrf could draw up to 40,000 troops and placed on the easter flank as a deterrent to russia. the pentagon says the troops would not be going to ukraine. if nato is a defensive alliance and if these troops are activated are defensive and for front line nato states, how does it stop putin from going to ukraine? it s designed to re-assure our nato allies. we re taking how does it protect ukraine? it sends a clear signal to mr. putin that we take our responsibilities to nato seriously. the troops w
the british dental association says nhs dentistry is hanging by a thread as some patients wait two years for check ups. and blisters put pay to the hopes of britain s emma radacanu at the australian open. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson says he hasn t seen any evidence to back up claims from a senior conservative mp that the government has attempted to blackmail colleagues who are opposing him. william wragg, who s one of those calling for the prime minister to resign over lockdown parties at downing street, said rebels had faced pressures and intimidation . westminster is waiting for the report into lockdown parties by the senior civil servant, sue gray. it is now expected next week. here s our political editor laura kuenssberg. if it s not one thing, it turns out to be another. how will it turn out? for weeks, the prime minister has been having to explain himself. what s this. 7 and what happened in number ten during the pandemic made some of the pu
billions of dollars in aid the bbc s quinten sommerville reports on a growing crisis. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. let s get the latest on novak djokovic in australia. the tennis world no. 1 has issued a statement to as he puts it address the continuing misinformation about my activities and attendance at events in the lead up to my positive pcr covid test result but has admitted breaking isolation rules to attend an interview was an error ofjudgement . the statement also addresses the tennis star s incorrect travel declaration form for his entry into australia. he says, this was submitted by my support team on my behalf, and my agent sincerely apologises for the administrative mistake in ticking the incorrect box about my previous travel before coming to australia. this was a human error and certainly not deliberate. meanwhile, a spokesperson for the australian immigration minister who still holds the power to cancel the player
the bipartisan committee investigating january 6th, the republican from ohio has signaled that he will refuse to speak to the committee after it requested his testimony last month. quote, the american people are tired of democrats nonstop investigations and partisan witch hunts. this request is for outside the bounds of any legislative inquiry. violated poor constitution principles and would served to for the road legislative norms. jordan, i should know, served as the top republican on the oversight committee on the benghazi investigation. one of the many committees that was part of the nonstop, you might even called, partisan witch hunt that ran for more than two years. but this letter marks a very different position for jim jordan. who said multiple times last year that he had nothing to hide from the committee. including during a hearing of the house rules committee last october. are you willing to tell the select committee what you know about events leading up to here
described and has prohibited the broadcast of information the government regards as false. with that matthew filed this report just moments ago. reporter: this was a much anticipated event amid speculation that the victory day parade would be used to make an important announcement about what russia calls its special military operation in ukraine. possibly a formal declaration of war or a mass mobilization of troops. but neither of those things happened. what we did witness was a spectacular display of russian military might. even though the air display was cancelled because of bad weather, 11,000 troops marched over the cobbles of red square followed by columns of tanks, rocket launchers and interballistic missiles. vladimir putin repeated claims trying to justify the conflict in ukraine that russia was faising an eminent attack and that it had to act preemptively. he also drew parallels between the soviet victory over germany in the 1940s which is what victory day is meant